Nurses' clinical decision-making regarding the management of pain

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 224-229

  Brockopp, D ^a   Downey, E ^b   Powers, P ^c   Vanderveer, B ^c   Warden, S ^a   Ryan, P ^a   Saleh, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Hospice of the Bluegrass   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Pain management; Preconceived notions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 5044230186     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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